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A’s Coverage:
- Game #131: Twin Blasts for Chapman in Twin Cities...
- Denney: Why Treinen (Train) is also known as the Witch...
- Slusser: It’s double time for A’s Josh Phegley after simplifying stroke...
- Hall: Sean Manaea to disabled list with shoulder impingement...
- Prospect Watch: Catching up with the 2018 draft class...
MLB News:
- AP: Troy Tulowitzki insists he’ll return as Jays shortstop next season...
- ESPN: Kendrys Morales sets franchise mark with homer in seventh straight game...
- AP: Alan Trammell sees Tigers No.3 jersey retired, lobbies for DP partner Lou Whitaker...
- Brioso: Marlins lowering 2019 season-ticket prices: ‘We screwed up to begin with’...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Passan: Baseball’s attendance woes have MLB and owners rightfully spooked...
- Snyder: Hawaii wins Little League World Series...
- Nathan: Pitch Movement, Spin Efficiency, and All That...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1912 - In response to demands for an alternative way to rate pitchers besides wins and losses, the National League will officially keep ERA’s for the first time; the Giants’ Jeff Tesreau will lead the league at 1.96. Despite an increase in .300 hitters from 22 to 32 this year, there will be 19 pitchers with ERA’s under 3.00. The American League will not make ERA part of its official statistics until 1913.
- 1982 - In a 5 - 4 loss to the Brewers, the A’s Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock’s 1974 single-season record of 118 stolen bases. By stealing a total of four bases, Rickey ends the day with 122 and will finish the season with 130.
Best of Twitter:
- All pitcher injuries are worrying, but shoulders are especially so...
Bob Melvin said Sean Manaea went out to play catch pregame today and shut it down after five throws. "The velocity has dropped, but he's pitched around it. There wasn't any pain or soreness or anything. But today it became an issue."
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) August 26, 2018
- 5:10 PM can’t come fast enough...
Matt Chapman on going to Houston with first place on the line: "There's some implications.. It's the last time we play each other head-to-head. We're neck and neck for first in the division, so it's gonna be a lot of fun.. You gotta treat it like a normal game, but I'm excited."
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) August 26, 2018
- Everyone talks about the homers and bullpen, and rightfully so, but not enough attention has been focused on our dramatic defensive turnaround...
In the first 10 days of 20 consecutive games, the only error in that stretch is on a throw by Sean Manaea
— Vince Cotroneo (@vincebaseball) August 26, 2018
